Collapsible container.



C. C. PLING.

COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 2o. 1914.

lm, r Patented im. 24,1916.

CLOYD C. POLING, OF PTTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (1ct. 24, 1916.

Application led November 20, 1914. Serial No. 873,173.

To all 107mm t may concern.'

Be it known that l, CLoYD C. POLING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Collapsible Container, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The device herein disclosed is a collapsible container, in the presentinstance shown in the form of a barrel or keg, although the novelfeatures of the device herein disclosed are adapted to be employed upona container other than a keg or barrel.

@ne object of the present invention is to provide novel means wherebywhen the container is elongated, relative movements of the constituentelements of the container in opposite directions longitudinally of thecontainer will be prevented.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for assemblingthe head of the container with the end section thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means for holdingthe panel assembled with the head and for holding the head assembledwith the end section of the container.

1t is within the scope of the invention to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the presentinvention appertains.

lWith the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

in the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 shows the invention in sideelevation, elongated and in the condition which it will assume when inuse; Fig. 2 is a cross section showing` the structure collapsed; Fig. 3is an enlarged sectional detail showing one end section of thecontainer, the head and the panel in coacting relation; Fig. 4 is anenlarged sectional detail showing the cooperating rib and bead upon theconstituent parts of the container; Fig. 5 is a top plan of thecontainer.

The container herein disclosed preferably is fashioned throughout frommetal, saving as hereinafter specifically modified, and the constituentmetal out of which the container is made, is more or less resilient.

The container comprises av central bilge section 1 which tapers towardits ends, a pair of tapered intermediate sections 2, and a pair of endsections 3. rlhe container as above described comprises live parts, butany desired number of sections may be employed. y

Adjacent its ends, the bilge section 1 is pressed inwardly to formcircumscribing ribs 4. At the ends of the bilge section 1, rings 5 orlike reinforcing elements are placed, and about the rings 5, theextremities of the bilge section 1 are rolled, to form beads G. Similarbeads 7 are formed upon the adjacent ends of the intermediate sections2, the beads 7 containing reinforcing rings 8. Upon the remote ends ofthe intermediate sections 2, beads 9 are fashioned, the same containingrings 10. The beads 7 and 9 project in opposite directions. lntermediatethe beads 7 and 9 and relatively near to the beads 9, the intermediatesections 2 are struck inwardly to form circumscribing ribs 11. Upon theadjacent ends of the end sections 3, beads 12 are formed, the samecontaining rings 14 as before.

Referring to Fig. 4 it will be observed that the ribs 4 cooperate withthe beads 6 on the bilge section 1 to define recesses 29, and the sameconstruction is carried out with respect to the ribs 11 and the beads 9on the intermediate sections 2.

rlhe extremity of'one end section 3 is rolled around a ring 16 or otherreinforcing element to form a bead 15, the rolled portion of the sectionbeing carried laterally to form a web 17 which bears as shown at 1S inFig. 3 against the side wall of the end section 3. The web 17 is carriedinwardly to form a flange 19 and the inner edge of the flange is rolledoutwardly to form a reinforcing lip 20.

The flange 19 supports a head 21 comprising a marginal flange 22 and anupright band 23 extended between the body portion of the head and theiiange 22 so that there is formed adjacent the center of the head 21, arecess or depression 24, the inner face of the band portion 23 of thehead defining a shoulder 25. Located in the recess 24 and engaged in itsperiphery by the shoulder 25 is a panel 2G. The panel 26 may be made offiber, although another material may be employed if consideredexpedient. The

panel 26 isadapted to receive the address of the manufacturer, theaddress of the person to whom thebarrel is shipped, or any otherinformation or advertising matter, as shown at 30 in Fig. 5. ther, actsas a reinforcement for the head 21.

Locking devices are provided whereby, at once, the panel 2G may be heldupon the head 21 and the head 21 be held assembled with the endrsectionV3. These locking devices may be of various forms. In the presentembodiment of the invention, pivot elements 27 are mounted upon theflange 22 of the head 21, the pivot elements 2T supporting for swingingmovement, parallel to the head 21, latches 28. The other ends of thelatches 28 are engaged beneath the bead 15 and the inner ends of thelatches overlap the panel 26 and hold the same in the recess 24 of thehead 21.

In the case of the lower end section 3, the constituent metalthereof ispressed around a ring 100 and formed into an integral head 101.

In order to change the container from the collapsedcondition of Fig. 2to the extended or elongated condition of Fig. 1, the end sections 3Vare drawn in opposite directions. The beads 12 on the end section 3spring past the ribs 11 on the intermediate sections 2 and abut againstthe beads 9. In a similar manner, the beads 7 on the intermediatesections 2 spring past the ribs 4L on the bilge section 1 and abutagainst the beads 6. Thus, the container is maintained in the extendedcondition shown in Fig. 1. f

The head 21 is placed upon the flange 19, the panel 26 is introducedinto the recess 24, and the latches 28 are swung on the pivot elements27 until the outer ends of the latches engage beneath the bead 15, thenner ends of the latches 28 overlapping the panel 26, as clearly shownin Fig. 3. Thus,

r.he panel 26,' fur-- by a single operation, and through the medium of asingle locking means, the head 21 of the container is assembled with theend section Sand the panel 26 is held upon the head 21.

The device herein disclosed is adapted primarily to contain nails,horseshoes, vegetables, and other dry objects which do not call forwater tight oints in the container.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- A collapsiblecontainer comprising a bilge section; upper and lower intermediatesections having their inner ends disposed within the ends of the bilgesection; and upper and lower end sections having their inner endsdisposed within the outer ends of the respective intermediate sections;the bilge section being provided at its ends with beads which projecttoward the axis of the container and being provided with ribs spacedinwardly from the beads and projecting toward the axis of the container,the intermediate sections being provided at their inner ends with beadsprojecting away from the aXis of the container and engaged removablybetween the ribs and the beads of the bilge section, the intermediatesections being provided at their outer ends with beads and with ribswhich project toward the axis oi the container, the end sections beingprovided at their inner ends with beads which project away from the axisof the container,

the last specied beads being engaged removably between the ribs and thebeads of the intermediate sections.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLOYD C. POLING.

Witnesses:

GRACE REEVE, N. L. HOLMES.

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` Washington, D. C.

